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And here's Kyle Rittenhouse openly threatening the President. (Original Post) Initech Jun 2022 OP
K&R UTUSN Jun 2022 #1
well he is a racist serial killer RAB910 Jun 2022 #2
and an attention whore. GoodRaisin Jun 2022 #17
And it works inthewind21 Jun 2022 #31
Well, he better enjoy it while it lasts. He'll either end up forgotten or in jail. Martin68 Jun 2022 #59
It's only a matter of time before he gets himself into massive trouble Novara Jun 2022 #3
I've been using the phrase "useful idiot" to describe him. Initech Jun 2022 #5
Or runs for office . . . Richard D Jun 2022 #24
This might be a good time to start a petiton/campaign/movement soldierant Jun 2022 #55
That would require an amendment Zeitghost Jun 2022 #63
Can't happen soon enough. FoxNewsSucks Jun 2022 #26
Yeah. That toddler looking face with alphafemale Jun 2022 #37
He's the type you always hope to see his obituary in the news. roamer65 Jun 2022 #4
Not, he's the kind where you want to see this obituary maxrandb Jun 2022 #18
+1 2naSalit Jun 2022 #36
I reported it too, but not holding my breath. 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2022 #6
Yeah why have a TOS if you're not going to enforce the rules? Initech Jun 2022 #8
I'm clearly deficient in a couple of areas gratuitous Jun 2022 #7
Motorcycles and guns are not the same. asa4ever Jun 2022 #11
I'll take your word for it gratuitous Jun 2022 #16
People that shoot guns like it as a hobby too! Nt USALiberal Jun 2022 #58
Riding or driving anything down that highway is amazing DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2022 #73
I love motorcycles Norbert Jun 2022 #15
I never compared motorcycles to guns gratuitous Jun 2022 #20
Way back my cousin took me up into The Rockies on his motorcycle... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #28
I see that you like riding a bicycle Polybius Jun 2022 #32
If you are riding a bike to look masculine, you are doing it wrong Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #56
Yeah, because that's exactly what I said gratuitous Jun 2022 #57
Tek quote from YOUR post Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #60
The "it" in your excerpt refers to motorcycle riding gratuitous Jun 2022 #62
Since this has devolved into a pissing contest Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #64
"You're flexing your finger. La de dah" renate Jun 2022 #66
They're not going to come and take them Kyle. But I sure would relish the thought of you getting gldstwmn Jun 2022 #9
This prick needs to have that smug smile wiped off his face Docreed2003 Jun 2022 #10
I guarantee he wouldn't last 5 minutes in boot camp! Initech Jun 2022 #12
Absolutely not Docreed2003 Jun 2022 #13
Sure! Initech Jun 2022 #72
He wouldn't make it past the barber. Ours was "Max the Ax" ... Sweeny Todd?? SIR, YES SIR!! usonian Jun 2022 #29
Barber, hell! jmowreader Jun 2022 #44
he will eventually end up in jail. Javaman Jun 2022 #14
For domestic violence. Crowman2009 Jun 2022 #51
I alerted on Twitter. phylny Jun 2022 #19
Me too Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #22
He won't Polybius Jun 2022 #35
He might. jaxexpat Jun 2022 #46
I agree that it's horrendous what he did Polybius Jun 2022 #48
I just reported the tweet also for threatening the president kimbutgar Jun 2022 #21
What's really bizarre: Initech Jun 2022 #71
It's just astounding that this machine designed to spew death Liberal In Texas Jun 2022 #23
There are a LOT of restrictions that go with buying a machinegun jmowreader Jun 2022 #68
You are surprised the military gets to use machine guns? EX500rider Jun 2022 #74
Anytime Kyle edbermac Jun 2022 #25
Never happen. Aristus Jun 2022 #43
He wouldn't last a week in Army Basic Training. (nm) Elwood P Dowd Jun 2022 #67
That's for sure. Aristus Jun 2022 #69
Wonder he's still taking up oxygen packman Jun 2022 #27
Why inthewind21 Jun 2022 #30
SS and FBI should pay this punk a visit. SayItLoud Jun 2022 #33
He got away with murder IronLionZion Jun 2022 #34
Don't sweat - probably there on the way ! towerbum Jun 2022 #38
grrr AllaN01Bear Jun 2022 #39
Gee, Kyle, I guess you better lap up all the attention you're getting because it won't be long LoisB Jun 2022 #40
This kid is very stupid LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #41
He acts like he just burned some wax. The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #42
Who's the asshole... SergeStorms Jun 2022 #45
Report Kyle's tweet (which is still up!) as threatening violence to the President. SunSeeker Jun 2022 #47
Done and done! Initech Jun 2022 #49
You shouldn't have guns like that you murdering little bastard. hadEnuf Jun 2022 #50
Kick and rec for his secret pals. Kingofalldems Jun 2022 #52
Little piece of shit is despised by half the nation.... Hulk Jun 2022 #53
Was it Ingraham or Coulter who declared their love for Kyle as their "next president"? Evolve Dammit Jun 2022 #54
What a disgusting POS. StarryNite Jun 2022 #61
Yes you can own a AR 15 and a kacekwl Jun 2022 #65
This punk got away with it once Warpy Jun 2022 #70
um, what? it's quite difficult to actually own a fully automatic machine gun. uncle ray Jun 2022 #75
okay. we're sending a predator drone with a hellfire missile to your house... Takket Jun 2022 #76
Reported to Twitter brettdale Jun 2022 #77
talk about grooming IcyPeas Jun 2022 #78
The Secret Service should pay Kyle Rittenhouse a visit... LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #79
Why is this asshole NOT behind bars? bif Jun 2022 #80

Martin68

(24,233 posts)
59. Well, he better enjoy it while it lasts. He'll either end up forgotten or in jail.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 04:17 PM
Jun 2022

He'll have to keep upping the ante until he steps over a line and they throw the book at him.

Novara

(6,074 posts)
3. It's only a matter of time before he gets himself into massive trouble
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 01:41 PM
Jun 2022

The little fucker thinks way too highly of himself. He's going to crash and burn, mark my words.

Initech

(101,281 posts)
5. I've been using the phrase "useful idiot" to describe him.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 01:43 PM
Jun 2022

The GOP has been propping him up on a pedestal as the "good guy with a gun" but when they don't need him anymore, they will cast him aside like yesterday's newspaper. It happened to that kid from Kentucky, it happened to Madison Cawthorn, and it will happen to Marjorie Three Names. When they become too toxic for the brand, they will get booted.

soldierant

(7,695 posts)
55. This might be a good time to start a petiton/campaign/movement
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 04:10 PM
Jun 2022

to require that, prior to serving in the House, or the Senate, or as President or VP, a winning candidate must first pass the same background check that all federal civil servants have to pass.

Yeah states will scream, but the federal position shuld be "run any candidate you want, but if your winning candidate fails the background check, that candidate will not be seated."

(And this should be revisited each time an incumbent runs for re-election.)

FoxNewsSucks

(10,744 posts)
26. Can't happen soon enough.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:33 PM
Jun 2022

I hope it's public, and spectacularly humiliating. And I wouldn't be at all sad if it results in people having the opportunity to empty their bladders on his grave.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
37. Yeah. That toddler looking face with
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 03:02 PM
Jun 2022

the body of a middle aged man is known pretty much everywhere now.

roamer65

(36,953 posts)
4. He's the type you always hope to see his obituary in the news.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 01:43 PM
Jun 2022

It makes your day a little brighter and puts a spring in your step.

maxrandb

(15,778 posts)
18. Not, he's the kind where you want to see this obituary
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:07 PM
Jun 2022

and then have too go to Google and type "is Kyle Rittenhouse even still alive?"

He should be, and soon will be, the most insignificant little fuckstick you have ever heard of.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. I'm clearly deficient in a couple of areas
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 01:48 PM
Jun 2022

For example, I've never quite grasped the manly significance of riding a motorcycle. To me, it looks like you're sitting on your ass, flexing your wrist. Nothing about it seems all that rugged he-manly. So I'm missing that gene.

Same thing goes for this five seconds of squirting lead. What's the attraction? What's so gosh-darned intoxicating about it that makes strong men go weak in the knees? You're flexing your finger. La de dah. I'm missing that gene, too.

 

asa4ever

(66 posts)
11. Motorcycles and guns are not the same.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 01:59 PM
Jun 2022

Riding a motorcycle down the California coast highway is great.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
16. I'll take your word for it
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:07 PM
Jun 2022

I'm just saying that two things that a lot of people regard as some high quality entertainment miss me completely. At this point in my life, I figure it's gotta be a character flaw.

Norbert

(6,381 posts)
15. I love motorcycles
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:07 PM
Jun 2022

I've been on many a bike trip years ago and enjoyed them all, even the drive through 110 degree weather.

I know motorcycles are not for everyone but you cannot compare a motorcycle to a gun.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
20. I never compared motorcycles to guns
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:11 PM
Jun 2022

Except the utter pointlessness (to me) of either activity. You are welcome to have my share of fun on your motorcycle.

electric_blue68

(17,070 posts)
28. Way back my cousin took me up into The Rockies on his motorcycle...
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:48 PM
Jun 2022

to Echo Lake (10,5000ft) looking at Mt Evans, and 90° rightward turn toward the Continental Divide! 💖 Swoon.
Extroidinary!

(and a bit terrifyingly, but soooo worth it!)

Polybius

(17,067 posts)
32. I see that you like riding a bicycle
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:55 PM
Jun 2022

Bicycle riding is fun, but peddling is too much work for lazy people like me. So with a motorcycle, it's all of the fun without the work. Going up a steep hill? Piece of cake with a motorcycle.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,534 posts)
56. If you are riding a bike to look masculine, you are doing it wrong
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 04:12 PM
Jun 2022

I rode for 50 years. Never once was it to "look manly".

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
62. The "it" in your excerpt refers to motorcycle riding
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 04:24 PM
Jun 2022

Is English not your first language, or are you also unable to read for context?

Ferrets are Cool

(21,534 posts)
64. Since this has devolved into a pissing contest
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 04:29 PM
Jun 2022

I will shut it down here. Have a great day while I go ride my motorcycle for enjoyment, looking not the least bit manly.

renate

(13,776 posts)
66. "You're flexing your finger. La de dah"
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 04:39 PM
Jun 2022

I never thought about it like that before, but... yeah! It really is kind of weird and small, isn't it?

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
9. They're not going to come and take them Kyle. But I sure would relish the thought of you getting
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 01:51 PM
Jun 2022

caught with one once they are banned.

Docreed2003

(17,549 posts)
10. This prick needs to have that smug smile wiped off his face
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 01:52 PM
Jun 2022

Hey big shot....you like guns so much why not join the fucking military? Maybe actually contribute something to this country instead of riding this bullshit, right wing gravy train you're on? Also, that shirt is a fashion crime and pretty sure violates flag ordinances

Docreed2003

(17,549 posts)
13. Absolutely not
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:04 PM
Jun 2022

But I'd pay good money to see him get crushed by it...

Mind sharing the popcorn, lol,

usonian

(12,669 posts)
29. He wouldn't make it past the barber. Ours was "Max the Ax" ... Sweeny Todd?? SIR, YES SIR!!
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:52 PM
Jun 2022
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16749992
Sergeant Hartmann (RIP) would at least teach them a little humility.


And gun control!


Now, that's a well regulated militia!

jaxexpat

(7,532 posts)
46. He might.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 03:25 PM
Jun 2022

Tweeting about the president isn't that big of a deal unless you have a following. Especially true if you're lethaly notorious.

Polybius

(17,067 posts)
48. I agree that it's horrendous what he did
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 03:29 PM
Jun 2022

I just doubt it. Others have said similar things and didn't get a visit.

kimbutgar

(22,707 posts)
21. I just reported the tweet also for threatening the president
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:15 PM
Jun 2022

I also think the secret service should be alerted.

Initech

(101,281 posts)
71. What's really bizarre:
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 05:14 PM
Jun 2022

Is how if this were on the other foot and it were one of us shooting at targets of Trump, the MAGA / Q nuts would have doxxed, swatted, and threatened to murder us. But when it's one of their guys doing it to us, they're cheerleading this shit.

Liberal In Texas

(14,274 posts)
23. It's just astounding that this machine designed to spew death
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:20 PM
Jun 2022

is allowed for military use let alone legal for any civilian to buy without any restrictions.

EX500rider

(11,364 posts)
74. You are surprised the military gets to use machine guns?
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 06:47 PM
Jun 2022

Turns out firing daises or water balloons at the enemy is not as effective.
The object of war is not to be "fair" or "gentle" with the enemy but to kill them faster then they kill your guys..

Aristus

(67,846 posts)
43. Never happen.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 03:14 PM
Jun 2022

That putrid little limpdick has the muscle tone of wet toilet paper. He'd never be able to accomplish the many heavy-lifting tasks required for crewing and maintaining a tank. It requires so much more than simply flexing your index finger.

Plus, in the military, you have to do what you are told, when you are told, for as long as you are told. Rottenhouse would burst into tears after ten minutes of military life.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
27. Wonder he's still taking up oxygen
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:41 PM
Jun 2022

Then again, nice to see him in such a patriotic shirt - is he selling them?


SayItLoud

(1,724 posts)
33. SS and FBI should pay this punk a visit.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:55 PM
Jun 2022

Like George Zimmerman it's not going to end well for this POS.

IronLionZion

(46,791 posts)
34. He got away with murder
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:57 PM
Jun 2022

and is feeling cocky and likely to make mistakes. He probably won't get away with it next time he shoots someone. He may also want to steer clear of states with red flag laws.

LoisB

(8,196 posts)
40. Gee, Kyle, I guess you better lap up all the attention you're getting because it won't be long
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 03:07 PM
Jun 2022

before you go the way of George Zimmerman; dismissed and forgotten by all the right wing lunatics who will have found a new "hero" murderer.

SergeStorms

(19,265 posts)
45. Who's the asshole...
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 03:24 PM
Jun 2022

who thinks it's a wise idea to put a instrument of death and destruction like that in the hands of an emotionally and psychologically stunted little boy like that, just for some cheap, psuedo-patriotic thrill?

A weapon like that is highly regulated, and someone with a history of using firearms in a violent and haphazard way shouldn't even be allowed in the same zip code with it.

The way in which the rabid-right has glorified and elevated this juvenile murderer to celebrity status is sick and completely past the pale of logic and reason. That punk needs years of psychiatric help, not rock-star groupie groping pampering and worship.

This country is beyond fucked up, and there is absolutely no way we can put this toxic toothpaste back in its tube. It's here to stay, legally or illegally, and thousands more will die because of it. It makes me physically ill that my grandchildren will have to grow up in this sick, stupid country.

SunSeeker

(53,290 posts)
47. Report Kyle's tweet (which is still up!) as threatening violence to the President.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 03:27 PM
Jun 2022

I just reported it. The more who report it the better.

hadEnuf

(2,571 posts)
50. You shouldn't have guns like that you murdering little bastard.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 03:36 PM
Jun 2022

It may just take guns to get rid of guns.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
53. Little piece of shit is despised by half the nation....
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 04:04 PM
Jun 2022

Worthless little prick. I suspect he is going to get his ass kicked over the next few years. Cowardly prick.

StarryNite

(10,525 posts)
61. What a disgusting POS.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 04:19 PM
Jun 2022

The fact that he is on the streets is proof that our laws and judicial system are deeply flawed.

kacekwl

(7,352 posts)
65. Yes you can own a AR 15 and a
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 04:30 PM
Jun 2022

gun like this one. Only catch is you have to store and shoot it in a place like this. No exceptions. Shoot to your little hearts content but only in a controlled environment like this.

Warpy

(112,953 posts)
70. This punk got away with it once
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 05:01 PM
Jun 2022

but he's always going to want to take the easy way out, he will never do the hard work of getting to where he wants people to think he is, and that is a recipe for a wasted life and probable prison.

This kid is going to find what he did is impossible to live down, and that means the people he looks up to like cops, military, and medical professions, are not going to want him.

He'd better enjoy his time as a murdering gunloon celebrity because that's not going to last, either.

uncle ray

(3,192 posts)
75. um, what? it's quite difficult to actually own a fully automatic machine gun.
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 06:54 PM
Jun 2022

and if he walked down the street with one, it is all but certain someone would disarm him.

Takket

(22,390 posts)
76. okay. we're sending a predator drone with a hellfire missile to your house...
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 06:56 PM
Jun 2022

let's see who wins the battle between your gun and the missile.

IcyPeas

(22,390 posts)
78. talk about grooming
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 07:41 PM
Jun 2022

the idiot killed 2 human beings. no empathy, no guilt, no consequences.

being elevated to star status and hailed as a hero by the likes of tucker carlson.

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